Means for utilizing space in crowded municipalities.



No. 67|,686. Patented Apr. 9, mul.

H. BEnGEnoN.

MEANS FOR UTILIZING SPACE 'IN 'GROWDEVD MUNICIPALITIES.

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MEANS FUR UTILIZING-SPACE IN GROWDED `MUNICIPALITIES.

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H. BEBGEBON.' AMEANS FOR UTILIZING SPACE IN CRUWDED MUNICIPALITIES.

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vHIPPOLYTE BERGERON, OF LONGUE POINTE, CANADA.

MEANS FOR UTILIZING SPACE IN CROWDED MUNICIPALITIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,686, dated April 9,1901. Appiieanon filed september 4,1900. seria No. 28,967. (No man.;

To a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that 1, HIPPOLYTE BERGERON, a subject of Her Majesty theQueen of Great Britain, residing at Longue Pointe, county of Laval,Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Means for Utilizing Space in Crowded Municipalities; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is a means forutilizing space in crowded municipalities bymakingprovision for the erection of an elevated businessbuilding, suchas an office-building or a department-store, as well as for an elevatedrailway, (electric orother mechanically propelled,) besides securing ina substantial foundation and below the grade ofV an ordinary street theseveral conduits required forburying underground the necessary water andgas mains, the telephone and telegraphic wires, and the cables or heavyconductors required for the transmission of electric energy for lightand power purposes. The foundation also accommodates a sewer by whichwaste sewage-water may be carried 0E, and in a tunnel adjacent to thesewer may operate cars or vehicles for transporting solid sewagemattercleaned from the sewer. Access to the foot-platforms of theelevated railway is attained by spiral or other stairways that windaround columns for the support of the overhead business structure, andthese stairways, as well as inclined roadways or footwalks, also lead toan elevated roadway or roadways adjacent to the business structure.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a view in elevation of the elevated building with thestairways and the road approaches thereto, showing the invention erectedon a boulevard between two rows of houses or buildings and alsoillustrating the foundation in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation,on an enlarged scale, of the lower part of the structure shown by Fig.l, the elevated building and the road approaches thereto being brokenaway. Fig.

3 is a sectional elevation,on an enlarged scale, in the plane of thedotted line 3 3 on Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan View in the planeof the dotted line 4E 4 on Fig. 3.

The same numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

The system for saving space contemplated by this application isespecially designed for installation in a wide avenue or boulevard of acity or other municipality where space is valuable, and in carrying theinvention into practice I .first proceed to make an excavation, as at10, in the ground below the streetgrade 11. ln this excavation is placedthe concrete or artificial -stone foundation 12, which may, however, beof any other material than the particular material herein mentioned.This articial foundation is molded and fashioned to produce therein atunnel 13, a sewer 14, and one or more conduits 15 16, two of saidconduits being shown by the drawings and as being located on oppositesides of the tunnel. The conduits and the tunnels are at properintervals, so a's to provide for the erection on the foundation of aplurality of columns 17 17, designed for the support of the overheadgirders 18, the latter being arranged longitudinally and transversely ofthe business structure 20. The columns 17 17a are preferably of metalconstructed in a Way approved by the skilled constructor to sustaingreat strain, and they rise a suitable height above the street-grade 11,whereby the elevated building may be placed high enough above thestreet-grade to accommodate the means for supporting an overheadrailway. The transverse girders 18 extend for proper distances beyondthe sides of the business structure 20, so as to afford the support forthe footwalks or sidewalks 21 of the elevated roadways 22, said extendedor prolonged ends of the transverse girders being stayed by the inclinedstruts 19, the latter being preferably secured at their lower ends tothe columns, so as to terminate above grade. The business strueture maybe adapted for any suitable business, such as an ofIice-building or formanufacturing purposes, and it is evident that said building may beerected of iron, stone, brick, or any other materials selected andapproved by the skilled construc- IOO tor. Access to the elevatedstructure may be obtained by carriages through the medium of theinclined roadways or approaches 23, which may extend into the cross orintersecting street, so as to give a gradual ascent to the elevatedroadways 22, and,as will hereinafter appear, access by stairways is alsoattained to said elevated structure.

Between the columns (indicated by the numeral 17a in Fig. 2) I secure aseries of transverse track-girders 24,.and the platform-girders 25 arebetweenV the two pairs of columns 17 17a, respectively, saidplatform-girders being disposed in series on opposite sides of theelevated tracks 26, which accommodate the cars of an elevated railway,as indicated by Figs. 1 and 2, it being evident that the cars in saidelevated railway may be propelled by electric energy or any other motivepower. The platform-girders 25 sustain the platforms 27 ,adapted toaccom modate the traveling public in attaining access tothe cars of theelevated railway. The spiral stairways 28, any desired number of whichmay be employed, are erected around the columns 17, so as to have alanding-on each elevated platform 27 and theelevated side or foot walk2l. The sewage matter from the buildings adjacent to my improvedsystem'is discharged by the drains 29 into the sewer 14, which is formedcentrally in the artificial foundation. The sewer may be lined with amasonry wall which is arched to have its end portions 30 extended abovethe road-beds 31, which are provided in the tunnel on opposite sides ofthe sewer, and on these road-beds are laidy thetracks 32. The track onone side of the tunnel accommodates a car 33, which is equipped with acrane 34, adapted to suspend i an excavating appliance operatively overthe sewer for the purpose of cleaning the latter byl removing solidmatter therefrom. The other track 32 on the opposite side of the seweraccommodates a car 35, into which-the excavator operated by a crane maydischarge its load, said car adapted to be hauled by suitable motivepower through the tunnel. The tunnel 13 is of larger cross-sectionalarea than either of the conduits 15 16, and

access and communication between the tunnel and these conduits isattained by the provision of a doorway 36 between each conduit and thetunnel. One of such doorways 36 is shown by Fig. 3, and in which is astairway 37 to enable a workman to .pass from the iioor of the tunnel.up to the floor of the conduit. Each conduit accommodates awater-supply pipe 38, from which branch pipes may lead to any number ofplaces to be supplied with water from the city mains. A series ofcrossbeams 39 are embedded in the walls of the conduit to support one ormore gas-supply mains 40, from which mains may lead a proper number ofpipes to convey gas to the lamps designed for the illumination of thebuildings or streets.

A series of girders 41 span the tunnel 13,

and other girders 42 span the conduits 15 16, said girders adapted forthe purpose of a bridge, -whi'ch is flush with thepstreet 11 at grade,thus making provision for the passage of street trac beneath theelevated structure and the elevated railway. The tunnel 13 alsoaccommodates the means for supporting telephone, telegraph, and electricconductors adapted to transmit. energy required for lighting and powerpurposes. Two series of posts 43 are provided in the tunnel on oppositesides of the sewer, and on these posts are secured the I-beams 44. Atproper intervals these I-beams are vintersected by the crossbeains 4546, the cross-beams 46 being elevated above the beams 45, which latterextend entirely across the tunnel, The fcrossbeams between the twoseries of posts support the track 47 and the platform 48, whereby arepair-car may travel on the track and the attendant workmen are enabledto work on the platform in installing or repairing the electric wires.The bars 49, with the insulators 50, are supported on the beams 45 46 toafford a number of points of attachment for the wires. It will be notedthat the wires or conductors are contained in the tunnel below the gradeof the street, and access is readily obtainable to these conductors forthe purpose of repairing the same.

Changes within the scope of the appended claims may be made in the formand proportion of some of the parts, while their essential features areretained and the spirit of the invention isembodied. Hence I do notdesire to be limited to the precise form of all the parts as shown,reserving theright to vary therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. AAstructure of the character described, comprising an artificialfoundation, the columns erected on the foundation, a building supportedabove grade by the columns, the elevated sidewalks and roadways upheldby the columns and disposed on oppositesides of the building, and anelevated-railway track mounted on the two vcolumns between the buildingand the street-grade, substantially as described.

2. A structure of the character set forth, comprising a foundationhaving a tunnel and a cond uit, the columns erected on said foundation,the girders supported by the columns and provided with the sidewalks andthe roadways on opposite sides of an elevated building, the inclinedapproaches to said roadway, a railway track and platform supported bythe columns betweenthe street at grade and the elevated building, andstairways having landings at the platforms and at the sidewalks,substantially as described.

3. A structure of the character set forth, comprising a foundation, thecolumns, an elevated building upheld by the columns above thestreetgrade,a railway track and platforms between the street at gradeand the elevated IOO IIO

building, the roadways and sidewalks supported by the columns on thelevel of the elevated building, and sta-irways or approaches aordingcommunication to the platforms, the elevated building and the roadwaysfrom the street. at grade, substantially as set forth.

4. A structure of the character described, comprising a foundation belowthe streetgrade and having a central tunnel and a sewer, road-beds inthe tunnel and at opposite sides of the sewer, and adapted for thetransit of repair and cleaning cars, electric conductors strung withinthe tunnel and over the roadbeds, substantially as described.

5. A structure of the character described, having a foundation below thestreet-grade and provided with a tunnel, a sewer in communicationtherewith, the road-beds in the t unnel and on opposite sides of thesewer, and

adapted for the transit of repair and cleaning cars, the subways onopposite sides of the road-beds, and the electric conductors strung inthe tunnel and over the road-beds, substantially as described.

6. A structure of the character described, comprising a foundation belowthe streetgrade and having a central tunnel, a sewer, the conduits atopposite sides of the tunnel and in communication therewith through anintermediate doorway, a plurality of supplymains in the conduits,railway-tracks situated in the tunnel and between the sewer and theconduits, and adapted for the transit of repair and cleaning cars, theelectric conductor-supports overhanging the tracks, substantially asdescribed.

7. A structure of the character set forth having a tunnel and a sewer,posts erected in the tunnel on opposite sides of the sewer, transversebeams mounted on the posts and spanning the sewer, insulators forelectric wires on said beams, and a track also supported on the beamsand disposed between the two series of insulators and in the verticalplane of the sewer, said track adapted to support a repair-car,substantially as described.

8. A structure of the character set forth, having a foundation providedwith a tunnel, and the road-beds, a sewer centrally disposed to thetunnel and arranged between the roadbeds, the posts erected in thetunnel on opposite sides of the sewer, the cross-beams supported by theposts and extending over the road-beds, the insulated supports on thebeams, and a track and platform mounted on the beams over the sewer,substantially as described.

9. A structure of the character set forth comprising a foundation havingbelow grade a tunnel, a sewer, conduits on opposite sides of the tunneland communicating therewith through suitable doorways, the posts in thetunnel and on opposite sides of the sewer, the transverse beams on theposts, a track, and the insulators supported by the beams within thetunnel, the girders spanning the tunnel above the track, other girdersover the conduits, and a door on the girders and flush with the streetat grade, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

HIPPOLYTE BERGERON..

Witnesses:

C. EDw. LAoAs, J. A. MARION.

